Tackling loneliness through art, science, and shared lived experiences

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025Zine-making workshop: Stories of loneliness and substance usewas held at Peckham Levels on 4 November 2025.  

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 18 Nov 2025

Inequalities in mental health compulsory admissions worsened during the pandemic: Researchers call for Mental Health Act reforms'

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has shown striking inequalities between ethnic groups in the rate of involuntary admissions to mental health units during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 14 Nov 2025